Trump orders emergency meeting after global cyberattack

16/05/2017

"This was a tool developed by culpable parties, potentially criminals of foreign nation states, that was put together in such a way so to deliver it with phishing emails, put it into embedded documents, and cause an infection in encryption and locking", Bossert said.

Bossert said he expects more people will be affected when they log into their work computers today.

Tanz said another way to protect yourself against ransomware attacks is to back up your files remotely. While the flaw has been patched by the company, not all users had applied the update.

Ciaran Martin, chief executive of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre, has warned that more computers could be infected Monday as doctors' practices re-opened after the weekend.

Saturday morning at 9 a.m., after it had become clear the world was dealing with a unique digital ambush of unprecedented scale, Bossert also chaired a meeting of the NSC principals committee, which is composed of the senior-most administration officials, including Cabinet secretaries.

Over the weekend, Microsoft President Brad Smith blamed a hacking tool stolen from the National Security Agency, and Bossert said he is "absolutely right that this is an urgent call for collective action". "We're bringing all the capabilities of the USA government to bear on this issue, and are working side-by-side with our partners in the private sector and our worldwide partners", Bossert said.

A Japanese non-profit says computers at 600 locations had been hit in the global "ransomware" cyberattack.

Researchers discovered a so-called "kill switch" on the virus that stopped it spreading from computer to computer, potentially saving tens of thousands of machines from further infection.

Larson said that unlike larger companies and organizations, "individuals are particularly vulnerable because they don't necessarily have recently updated software and one of the best ways you can prevent ransomware or malware in general from getting on your computer is just to make sure that your operating system.is updated to the latest version".

Attackers have demanded $300 to $600 to unlock encrypted files.

Energy giant PetroChina said payment systems at some petrol stations were hit although it had restored most of the systems.

Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Security Agency were still working around the clock, said the official, who spoke with Reuters.

Investigators fear the ransomware can be re-released without a kill switch that allowed researchers to interrupt the malware's initial spread.

It was too early to say who was behind the onslaught, which struck 100,000 organizations, and what their motivation was, aside from the obvious demand for money. What's not known is who's behind a particular account.

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